600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch
By Robert Z. Pearlman
Published on April 20, 2026.
SpaceX has achieved its 600th successful landing of a Falcon rocket, with a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage successfully landing on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean. The company's first-stage booster successfully recovered from the launch of a new batch of 25 satellites on Sunday, April 19, and this marks the 600th safe recovery of a SpaceX rocket since 2015. The launch took place from California and was the company's 47th Falcon 9 launch of the year.
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